The race is on to sign Arsenal winger/striker Theo Walcott who has been unable to agree a deal with his club. Now, The Telegraph is reporting that Manchester United are preparing to join the race to sign the England star.

The pressure is on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board to flash the cash and agree to Walcott’s wage demands before there’s a revolt among fans at the Emirates.

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I can see Walcott wanting to leave for any number of reasons. What I can’t see is Arsenal being attractive to any top player right now or in January. Yes, they are right in the race for a CL spot (so are Stoke), but the miasma surrounding the club is palpable. I don’t know how you cure that. Would letting Wenger go make it better or worse?

Miasma? Remember how ill educated football fans are we’re Neanderthal’s, especially Stoke fans. On that note I’m sure I’ve just screwed up my law exam, hey ho at least I’ll get a year to revise for it. Value Management in Construction tomorrow, guess that one won’t be easy either.

I guess it could go either way. Letting Wenger go would quite likely create instability at the club, while keeping him will not change anything on the pitch or could even make things worse if he insists on his same old policies. Right now, I guess all we can do is hope and pray…

This just means that his price would go up, now that united are in for him, which can be good news for Arsenal provided they spend on another quality player. Wolcott isn’t the most consistent player around and can go missing a lot. Has loads of talent so maybe Fergie can get him to progress and become more consistent. He has pace which is what’a attracting most of the interest in him from clubs like Liverpool.

But that’s precisely where the problem lies! Spending the profits on quality players, for some sickening reason they just can’t seem to do that. The sale of Van Persie this year is a perfect example of that.

If Wenger sells to another PL squad he should be fired. But it’s about the money now, not preventing your competitors from improving their own teams. SAF would avoid selling to a team in the top half of the table, because that’s not intelligent management–you’re supposed to sell your stars to another league. Wenger used to know better, but now he’s a rudderless ship without Dein.